Mallory S. S. Co. v. Harriss-Irby Cotton Co.
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from Harris County Court; W. E. Monteith, Judge. Suit by the Harriss-Irby Cotton Company against the St. Louis & Southwestern Railway Company, In which the Mallory Steamship Company was made a party defendant. Judgment for plaintiff against the railway company and in favor of the railway company against the steamship company, from which judgment the latter appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
PLEASANTS, O. J.
This suit was brought by appellee Harriss-Irby Cotton Company against appellee St. Louis & Southwestern Railway Company to recover the sum of $415.85 with legal interest thereon from January 14, 1915, alleged to be the amount of damage to 100 bales of cotton delivered to tlie defendant rail-way company at Green-ville, Hunt county, Tex., for shipment and delivery to plaintiff’s order at the city of New York. The petition alleges:
“That by the issuing of its bill of lading the defendant railway company contracted and undertook and was charged by law as a common carrier for hire,…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- W. A. Ryan & Co. v. M., K. & T. R'y Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1886
- Missouri Pacific Railway Co. v. China Manufacturing Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1890
- The GermanicCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1903
- The MusselcragDistrict Court, N.D. California · 1903
- Mallory S. S. Co. v. G. A. Bahn Diamond & Optical Co.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1912
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- Carroll v. Royal Mail Steam Packet Co.Oregon Supreme Court · 1929